Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul...KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL Melbourne....
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Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul Seat of the Confraternity: 49 Botanic Drive, Hillside 3037. Melbourne. Vic. Australia. Mobile: 0431473893 Website: http://www.knightsofstpeterandstpaul.com/ Email: [email protected] m Confraternity News Issue 87 - February 2020 Greetings one and all GRAND MASTER'S MESSAGE I hope that this newsletter finds you all in good health. In February, the Supreme Council had its first meeting of the new year at Club Italia in Furlong Road, North Sunshine. The Supreme Council approved to register the design of the flag with the Australian Government, so no one can copy or claim it. The Supreme Council also accepted the nomination of some candidates from Malta and Portugal. These days the Supreme Council is very selective who is accepted in the Confraternity. We simply don’t want numbers, we want members who are dedicated to honour their duty to serve God and His people. I am also pleased to inform you that the Supreme Council appointed the Rev. Fr. Francis Buhagiar as the third chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Melbourne. February was a busy month planning the Barbeque and inviting friends to attend the Lunch. Also it was nice to hear that the Grand Chapter of Malta donated money to the mission of Fr. Dr. Raymond Portelli of Peru. With God’s blessings. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli Grand Master CKSPP
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Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul Seat of the Confraternity: 49 Botanic Drive, Hillside 3037. Melbourne. Vic. Australia.
Mobile: 0431473893Website: http://www.knightsofstpeterandstpaul.com/Email: [email protected] m
Confraternity News Issue 87 - February 2020
Greetings one and all
GRAND MASTER'S MESSAGE I hope that this newsletter finds you all in good health.
In February, the Supreme Council had its first meeting of the new year at Club Italiain Furlong Road, North Sunshine.
The Supreme Council approved to register the design of the flag with the AustralianGovernment, so no one can copy or claim it.
The Supreme Council also accepted the nomination of some candidates from Maltaand Portugal.
These days the Supreme Council is very selective who is accepted in the Confraternity. We simply don’t want numbers, we want members who are dedicated to honour their duty to serve God and His people.
I am also pleased to inform you that the Supreme Council appointed the Rev. Fr. Francis Buhagiar as the third chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Melbourne.
February was a busy month planning the Barbeque and inviting friends to attend the Lunch.
Also it was nice to hear that the Grand Chapter of Malta donated money to the mission of Fr. Dr. Raymond Portelli of Peru.
With God’s blessings.
Chevalier Peter Paul PortelliGrand MasterCKSPP
POPE FRANCIS
Who is the most important in the Church? The pope, the bishops, the monsignors, the cardinals, thepastors of the most beautiful parishes, the presidents oflay associations?
No!
The greatest in the Church are those who makethemselves servants of all, those who serve everyone, notthose who have the most titles.
PETER PAUL PORTELLI
28 February, 2020.
Passing outside a supermarket and I saw a beggar waiting for some money. I said to myself, I should help this man but if I give money he might spend it on drugs orgambling.
So I asked him, Can I buy you some food?
He replied, yes please cold milk chocolate.
I went in the supermarket and bought him cold milk chocolate and biscuits and food to last him a few days.
NEW CHAPLAIN OF THE CONFRATERNITY
Grand Chapter of Melbourne.
The Grand Master and the Supreme Council of the Confraternity ofthe Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul has the pleasure to announce thatFr. Francis Buhagiar PE has accepted the nomination to become thethird Chaplain of the Confraternity in Melbourne.
Born in Siġġiewi Malta, Fr. Francis served as a Parish Priest at St.Andrew's in Werribee and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Maidstone.
Congratulations Fr. Francis and welcome to the Confraternity of theKnights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
OFFICIAL FLAG OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAULMelbourne. Australia.
The flag of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is now registered Trade Mark with the Australian Government.
Thanks to Ross Sabatini for details on the flag.
I hope that one day, I see the flag flying on a roof top in Malta for the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nadur, Gozo.
ANNUAL BBQ LUNCH Grand Chapter of Melbourne.
The Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul organized its Annual BBQ to raise money for the needy.
As always, it was a very successful event and all the guests were very happy with the food and the entertainment.
Thank you to all the volunteers who came to help the day before and on the day.
God bless you all.
Photo top: The knights and dames of
the Confraternity who attended the
BBQ Lunch.
The Guests enjoyed the
entertainment.
Pictures: The guests enjoying theBBQ Lunch.
Dame Angela Greto with friends of the Confraternity.
Our mission is to helping the poor
Grand Chapter of Malta
Based in Nadur
Medical doctor by day, priest by night: a Gozitan missionary in the Amazon
Fr Raymond Portelli, a Gozitan priest who has called Peru his home for the past 26 years.
Fr Portelli is based in Iquitos, a city of around 400,000 people located in the Amazon basin. The city is the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road: it is only accessible by river or air.
Fr. Portelli is the parish priest of the St Martín de Porres parish, with a population of 18,000 people. Around a fifth of his parishioners are comfortably middle-class, but the vast majority are poor, with around a tenth living in extreme poverty. Households do have running water and electricity, but many live in simple wooden shacks on dirt roads.
Due to the city’s isolation, job creation efforts arelimited and unemployment is a significant problem.Many people try to eke out a living through fishing,agriculture or by selling trinkets on the streets of thecity.
Caring for the body and soulAs the only priest in the parish – though a number oflaypeople do help out – Fr Portelli seeks to look afterhis community’s pastoral needs. But he alsoidentified another need: for healthcare.
On the 25 of February, 2020 the Grand Master andthe Grand Chapter of Malta donated some money tothe mission of Fr. Raymond Portelli.This was the third time within eight months thatConfraternity donated money to the Catholicmissions in Peru.
Photo from left: Chevalier Joe Louis Meilak –Chancellor, Dr. Fr. Raymond Portelli and ChevalierCarmel Saliba – Secretary.
Rev. Dr. Raymond PortelliParroquia San Martin de PorresVicariato Apostolico de IquitosApartado 108, IquitosPeru.
NEW KNIGHTS In the meeting of February, the Supreme Council approved the nominations by the Grand Chapter of Malta and the Grand Chapter of Portugal.
Often we receive requests by individuals to join the Confraternity but these requests will be ignored. The Confraternity is not a club, it is a respected charitable organization and we have to be very careful who we accept, especially from people who like titles, certificates and medals.
What is important for the Confraternity is to have the younger generation interested to be the future leaders to continue our work.
As you can see, the newly appointed knights are young and active members in their community.
St. Peter and Paul in Mamertine prison.
Mamertine prison in Rome.
That’s all I have for you for February2020.
Keep up the good work to serve Godand His people.
God bless you in St. Peter and Paul.
With every good wish.
Peter Paul PortelliGrand MasterCKSPP
